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Yelena Borisovna Yelesina ' onMouseout='HidePop("70985")' href="/topics/Chelyabinsk">Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...

) is a female high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

er from Russia
Russia
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. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

 with 2,01m, one centimetre behind her personal best jump. She also has several minor medals from major championships.

Achievements

Representing
1988 World Junior Championships
1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 1988 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada from July 27 to July 31, 1988....

Sudbury, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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2nd High jump
1990 Goodwill Games
Goodwill Games
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Seattle, U.S.
United States
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1st High jump 2.02 m = PB
1990 European Championships
1990 European Championships in Athletics - Women's High Jump
These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. There were a total number of eighteen participating athletes...

Split
Split (city)
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, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
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3rd High jump
1991 World Championships
1991 World Championships in Athletics
The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.The event is best-remembered for the...

Tokyo
Tokyo
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, Japan
Japan
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2nd High jump
Representing
1992 European Indoor Championships
1992 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
The 22nd European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Genoa, a city in Italy, in 1992. This was the first indoor championship which was the start of the new two year cycle for the games.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:...

Genoa
Genoa
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, Italy
Italy
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3rd High jump
Representing
1998 European Indoor Championships
1998 European Indoor Athletics Championships
The 25th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from Friday, 27 February to Sunday, 1 March 1998 at the Palace of Luis Puig, Valencia, Spain.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:-External links:* - Athletix...

Valencia, Spain
Spain
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3rd High jump
1999 World Championships
1999 World Championships in Athletics
The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29....

Seville
Seville
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, Spain
Spain
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2nd High jump
2000 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

Sydney, Australia
Australia
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1st High jump
2003 World Indoor Championships
2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK from 14 March to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK...

Birmingham
Birmingham
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, England
England
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